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title: "Trigger an Incident"
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## Trigger a P1 Incident
1. Manually Create an Incident in PagerDuty with Priority of P1 on the Service it was set up on
- Click the Incidents menu in the top bar.
- Click the "+ New Incident" button on the right-hand side.
- In the dialog, select the Service you are using, enter a Title for the Incident and Choose P1 for the Priority
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Be sure to choose P1 for the Priority or the EventBridge integration will not fire.
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- Click the "Create Incident" button on the bottom of the dialog.
1. Check the Incident Timeline and check to see that the right Response play has run
- You should get a Status Message written on the Status tab
1. Resolve the Incident and check to see that the right Response play has run
- You should get a Status Message written on the Status tab
## Trigger a P2 Incident
1. Manually Create an Incident in PagerDuty with Priority of P2 on the Service it was set up on
- Follow the instructions above but select a P2 Priority instead.
1. Check the Incident Timeline and check to see that the right Response play has run
- You should get a Status Message written on the Status tab